What a way for Bruce Springsteen to spend the start of his 63rd birthday! Delayed by rain and lightning until almost 10:30, Springsteen and the E Street Band still cranked out a 3 1/2-hour show for the ages, featuring not one but two “Happy Birthday” serenades to The Boss, the first “In The Midnight Hour” since the legendary New Year’s Eve show of 1980-’81, a moving “Into The Fire” for a Long Island firefighter who died in the line of duty,”Meeting Across the River” into “Jungleland,” lots of cake, and Bruce’s mom Adele, who apparently has no trouble staying up past her bedtime. See Stan the Man’s roundup here.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Springsteen. May we all be half as rockin’ when we reach our seventh decade.

The setlist (courtesy of Greasy Lake):

10:27

Midnight Hour Intro

1. Out in the Street

2. The Ties That Bind

3. CYNTHIA

4. Badlands

5. Who’ll Stop the Rain

6. Cover Me

7. Downbound Train

8. We Take Care of Our Own

9. Wrecking Ball

10. Death to My Hometown

11. My City of Ruins

12. It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City

13. Jole Blon (with Gary U.S. Bonds)

14. This Little Girl (with Gary U.S. Bonds)

15. Pay Me My Money Down

16. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart

17. IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

18. INTO THE FIRE FOR RICH AND MARY ANNE NAPPI

19. Because the Night

20. She’s the One

21. Working on the Frickin Highway

22. Shackled and Drawn

23. Waiting on a Sunny Day

24. Meeting Across the River

25. Jungleland

****

26. Thunder Road

27. Rocky Ground

28. Born to Run

29. Glory Days

30. 7 Nights to Rock

31. Dancing in the Dark

32. 10th Avenue Freeze Out

33. Twist and Shout

End: 1:55 a.m.

Photo by Leann Pomaville

What a way for Bruce Springsteen to spend the start of his 63rd birthday! Delayed by rain and lightning until almost 10:30, Springsteen and the E Street Band still cranked out a 3 1/2-hour show for the ages, featuring not one but two “Happy Birthday” serenades to The Boss, the first “In The Midnight Hour” since the legendary New Year’s Eve show of 1980-’81, a moving “Into The Fire” for a Long Island firefighter who died in the line of duty,”Meeting Across the River” into “Jungleland,” lots of cake, and Bruce’s mom Adele, who apparently has no trouble staying up past her bedtime. See Stan the Man’s roundup here.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Springsteen. May we all be half as rockin’ when we reach our seventh decade.

The setlist (courtesy of Greasy Lake):

10:27
Midnight Hour Intro

1. Out in the Street
2. The Ties That Bind
3. CYNTHIA
4. Badlands
5. Who’ll Stop the Rain
6. Cover Me
7. Downbound Train
8. We Take Care of Our Own
9. Wrecking Ball
10. Death to My Hometown
11. My City of Ruins
12. It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City
13. Jole Blon (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
14. This Little Girl (with Gary U.S. Bonds)
15. Pay Me My Money Down
16. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
17. IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
18. INTO THE FIRE FOR RICH AND MARY ANNE NAPPI
19. Because the Night
20. She’s the One
21. Working on the Frickin Highway
22. Shackled and Drawn
23. Waiting on a Sunny Day
24. Meeting Across the River
25. Jungleland
****
26. Thunder Road
27. Rocky Ground
28. Born to Run
29. Glory Days
30. 7 Nights to Rock
31. Dancing in the Dark
32. 10th Avenue Freeze Out
33. Twist and Shout